Petya Ransomware: What It Is, Who's Behind It, How to Stop It

[Paul Wagenseil]

We're still learning more about the ongoing Petya ransomware attack, but here's everything that we do know.

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[trissypissy]

if all it does is encrypt the master boot record, what's the big deal? create a boot disk and recover the important data, right?

 

[td1947]

No, according to the article, it uses a second module that encrypts files if the MBR attack fails.